# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号
- English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4131-88/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  当分の間、次の各号のいずれにも該当する者は、個人型年金運用指図者にあっては個人型記録関連運営管理機関に、個人型年金運用指図者以外の者にあっては連合会に、それぞれ脱退一時金の支給を請求することができる。
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1</sup>
Until otherwise provided for by law, a person who falls under all of the following items is entitled to claim a lump-sum withdrawal payment from the individual-type pension plan records-related operational management institution in the case of an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment and from the Association in the case of a person other than an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  六十歳未満であること。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the person is under the age of 60;
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  **二**  企業型年金加入者でないこと。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the person is not a participant of a corporate-type pension plan;
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  **三**  第六十二条第一項各号に掲げる者に該当しないこと。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
  the person is not any of the persons set forth in the items of Article 62, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  国民年金法附則第五条第一項第三号に掲げる者に該当しないこと。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the person is not any of the persons set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  障害給付金の受給権者でないこと。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the person is not a beneficiary of disability benefits;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  その者の通算拠出期間（企業型年金加入者期間（第五十四条第二項及び第五十四条の二第二項の規定により第三十三条第一項の通算加入者等期間に算入された期間がある者にあっては、当該期間を含む。）及び個人型年金加入者期間（個人型年金加入者が納付した掛金に係る個人型年金加入者期間に限るものとし、第七十四条の二第二項の規定により算入された第七十三条の規定により準用する第三十三条第一項の通算加入者等期間がある者にあっては、当該期間を含む。）を合算した期間をいう。）が政令で定める期間内であること又は請求した日における個人別管理資産の額として政令で定めるところにより計算した額が政令で定める額以下であること。
  <sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6</sup>
  the person's total contribution period (meaning the period combining the participant of a corporate-type pension plan period (in the case of a person for whom there is a period that was included in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) and Article 54-2, paragraph (2), including that period) and the participant of an individual-type pension plan period (limited to the participant of an individual-type pension plan period pertaining to the contributions made by a participant of an individual-type pension plan, and in the case of a person for whom there is a period that was included, pursuant to the provisions of Article 74-2, paragraph (2), in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, including that period)) is within the period specified by Cabinet Order or the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order as the amount of assets managed per individual is not more than the amount specified by Cabinet Order; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the person's total contribution period (meaning the period combining the participant of a corporate-type pension plan period (in the case of a person for whom there is a period that was included in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) and Article 54-2, paragraph (2), including that period) and the participant of an individual-type pension plan period (limited to the participant of an individual-type pension plan period pertaining to the contributions made by a participant of an individual-type pension plan, and in the case of a person for whom there is a period that was included, pursuant to the provisions of Article 74-2, paragraph (2), in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 73, including that period) is within the period specified by Cabinet Order or the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order as the amount of assets managed per individual is not more than the amount specified by Cabinet Order; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb</sup>

  **七**  最後に企業型年金加入者又は個人型年金加入者の資格を喪失した日から起算して二年を経過していないこと。
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  two years have not passed from the day of losing the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan or a participant of an individual-type pension plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の請求があったときは、連合会は、個人型年金運用指図者にあっては個人型記録関連運営管理機関の裁定に基づき、個人型年金運用指図者以外の者にあっては自己の裁定に基づき、その請求をした者に脱退一時金を支給する。
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2</sup>
When the claim referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Association makes a lump-sum withdrawal payment to the person who filed the claim based on a ruling by the individual-type pension plan records-related operational management institution in the case of an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment and based on a ruling by the Association in the case of a person other than an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  企業型年金加入者であった者（個人型年金運用指図者を除く。）は、第一項の請求は、第六十四条第二項の申出と同時に行うものとする。
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3</sup>
When a person who was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan (excluding an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment) files the claim referred to in paragraph (1), the person is to file it concurrently with the request referred to in Article 64, paragraph (2).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  脱退一時金の額は、第一項の請求をした者の個人別管理資産額として政令で定める額とする。
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4</sup>
The amount of a lump-sum withdrawal payment is the amount specified by Cabinet Order as the amount of assets managed per individual relating to the person who filed the claim referred to in paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  脱退一時金の支給を受けたときは、その支給を受けた者の支給を受けた月の前月までの企業型年金加入者期間及び企業型年金運用指図者期間並びに個人型年金加入者期間及び個人型年金運用指図者期間は、第三十三条第二項の規定にかかわらず、同条第一項の通算加入者等期間に算入しない。
<sup>suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5</sup>
If a person receives a lump-sum withdrawal payment, the participant of a corporate-type pension plan period and instructor of a corporate-type pension plan period, as well as the participant of an individual-type pension plan period and instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment period until the month preceding the month of receiving the payment for that person are not included in the total enrollment period referred to in Article 33, paragraph (1), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-3: 第六十二条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6: 第五十四条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54/par-2
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6: 第五十四条の二第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-2/par-2
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6: 第三十三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6: 第七十四条の二第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十四条の二第二項 (Article 74-2, paragraph (2)), art-74-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-74-2/par-2
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6: 第七十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3: 第六十四条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-64/par-2
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5: 第三十三条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2
- suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5: 同条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1

## Cited by

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- 確定拠出年金法 附則第二条の二第一項（脱退一時金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-2-2/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-2
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-3
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-4
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第一項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第二項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第二十八条第一項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-5021-40/art-28/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第三十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-5021-40/art-32/par-1

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## Sources

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